I think right now Crystal is in limbo . As in there not sure if it s going to continue or not . I mean when season 2 end , they announced after the show finish running on tv . And than announced they were going continued . The ratings were probably better on tv, the dvd blurays were average , some below average . The merchandise sold, and they were still making some .(Or ordering some) So Toei decide it was profitable enough the continue . Now Season 3 the dvd s , and blue ray sells were lower . While that s concerning, but they are premium items. Merchandise is slowing down, but in general slowly down . Were still getting some new ones . I think what they're doing is waiting to see how it sells .I do think we can get a season 4 ,but it will be latter . The only thing is to panick if they stop making merchandise all together . But were not there at this time .

I agree. Until they stop selling Sailor Moon in general, I think it's just in a holding position right now. And I suffered through a two year delay waiting for Crystal to premiere. I've learned to be patient with this series.

It depends! Great disc sales can make a show, but low sales won’t necessarily break it. A detailed explanation of “how the business works” requires a lot more detail but for now it’s sufficient to know that DVD/BD purchases are only one revenue stream sharing the burden with potentially many others, such as:– Manga and novels– Figures and toys– Character merchandise– Music and drama CDs– Video games/visual novels/mobile games– Rentals– Ratings (advertising)– Retailer collaborations (e.g. Famima, Lawson)– International licensing…and more. You even have situations where factors like government funding, the promotion of tourism, or cultural diplomacy matter.I’m also sidestepping the byzantine world of revenue distribution among animation production committee members for the moment. Most anime is financed by multiple investors (for example, publishers, video distributors, music labels, figure and toy manufacturers, television stations, animation studios, etc), each of which may take differently-sized cuts of the various revenue streams. Video sales alone will not define “hit” or “flop” for every investor. If your only cut of the pie is figure sales, video sales are, at least directly, irrelevant to you. In Section 2, you’ll get more information on these production committees from Ultimatemegax.

What’s attractive about video disc sales is that we’re presumably here because we like to watch anime, and the video discs containing said anime are the most direct manifestation of the anime in purchasable form. It’s understandable the numbers interest us and it’s fairly obvious I’m no exception to that – but keep in mind their many, many limitations.

Unless we have information on Crystal's ratings, merchandise sales, CD sales, we don't have the full picture so people worried that it's being cancelled because of Season 3's bluray sales are being waaaaay over the top.

Toei is most likely just taking a break to focus on the 100 other projects they have on their plate. Saint Seiya had a break inbetween Soul of Gold which finished airing on September 2015 and the new ONA that's going to air next year.

It depends! Great disc sales can make a show, but low sales won’t necessarily break it. A detailed explanation of “how the business works” requires a lot more detail but for now it’s sufficient to know that DVD/BD purchases are only one revenue stream sharing the burden with potentially many others, such as:– Manga and novels– Figures and toys– Character merchandise– Music and drama CDs– Video games/visual novels/mobile games– Rentals– Ratings (advertising)– Retailer collaborations (e.g. Famima, Lawson)– International licensing…and more. You even have situations where factors like government funding, the promotion of tourism, or cultural diplomacy matter.I’m also sidestepping the byzantine world of revenue distribution among animation production committee members for the moment. Most anime is financed by multiple investors (for example, publishers, video distributors, music labels, figure and toy manufacturers, television stations, animation studios, etc), each of which may take differently-sized cuts of the various revenue streams. Video sales alone will not define “hit” or “flop” for every investor. If your only cut of the pie is figure sales, video sales are, at least directly, irrelevant to you. In Section 2, you’ll get more information on these production committees from Ultimatemegax.

What’s attractive about video disc sales is that we’re presumably here because we like to watch anime, and the video discs containing said anime are the most direct manifestation of the anime in purchasable form. It’s understandable the numbers interest us and it’s fairly obvious I’m no exception to that – but keep in mind their many, many limitations.

Unless we have information on Crystal's ratings, merchandise sales, CD sales, we don't have the full picture so people worried that it's being cancelled because of Season 3's bluray sales are being waaaaay over the top.

T air next year.

Thats why I said in production limbo ,. There just waiting to see how it sales . That s why I aslo said unless merchandise stop that there is no reason to panic.

Thats why I said in production limbo ,. There just waiting to see how it sales . That s why I aslo said unless merchandise stop that there is no reason to panic.

But which sales are you talking about? I think they do know how the merch sells, at the end of the day Crystal merch is around since 2014

Toei clearly didnt care about the DVD/Bluray sales this time around otherwise they'd release more than just 3 volumes without any extras and limited editions.

Besides dont you think this thread is kind of pointless with everything we've been constantly talking about in another thread about Season 4? Just like Seira Hazuki said, it might be a while just like it was with Saint Seiya.

Thats why I said in production limbo ,. There just waiting to see how it sales . That s why I aslo said unless merchandise stop that there is no reason to panic.

But which sales are you talking about? I think they do know how the merch sells, at the end of the day Crystal merch is around since 2014

Besides dont you think this thread is kind of pointless with everything we've been constantly talking about in another thread about Season 4? Just like Seira Hazuki said, it might be a while just like it was with Saint Seiya.

Next year we have 25th annivesary, maybe thats why Toei is waiting

Thats true they could be waiting cause of that . ,What I mean by season 3 merchandise . Like you know figures,toys, candy, you know stuff a fan would buy ?

I see but i think they count it as Crystal merch in general rather than just season 3 merch (not to mention they probably counted all SM merch including manga, 90s anime and musical stuff to decide whether doing new anime was/is worth it)

I see but i think they count it as Crystal merch in general rather than just season 3 merch (not to mention they probably counted all SM merch including manga, 90s anime and musical stuff to decide whether doing new anime was/is worth it)

I just think they will look more closely to season 3 . Because its newer, but yah they will probably look at all the merchandise.

Translation: Because many problems of censorship by LGBT content in several countries, Toei decided to cancel # SailorMoonCrystal Season IV.

Tho obviously no sources made me a little concerned still.

I doubt this seriously . I mean why would toei care so much about censorship in other countries ? They would care more how it sells , than what's edit . ( They gave them the okay anyway). If that really is an issue they will simple not let it be dubbed in other countries . Insteda of cancelling a full season . There is also hardly any LGBT stuff in Dreams . Accept Haruka and Micheru a course .

Crystal doesn't seem like it's in limbo to me. I don't think it's an issue of if we get season 4, but when. Toei has too much on their plate at the moment, so we're probably looking at mid-to-late 2017 at the earliest. It's also possible the delay is due to looking for some new staff members, granted people like Ms. Kon don't return.

Crystal doesn't seem like it's in limbo to me. I don't think it's an issue of if we get season 4, but when. Toei has too much on their plate at the moment, so we're probably looking at mid-to-late 2017 at the earliest. It's also possible the delay is due to looking for some new staff members, granted people like Ms. Kon don't return.

Crystal doesn't seem like it's in limbo to me. I don't think it's an issue of if we get season 4, but when. Toei has too much on their plate at the moment, so we're probably looking at mid-to-late 2017 at the earliest. It's also possible the delay is due to looking for some new staff members, granted people like Ms. Kon don't return.

I doubt this seriously. I mean why would Toei care so much about censorship in other countries? They would care more how it sells than what's edited. (They gave them the okay anyway.) If that really is an issue they will simply not let it be dubbed in other countries instead of canceling a full season. There is also hardly any LGBT stuff in Dream. Except Haruka and Michiru of course.

Don't forget about the Amazon Trio!

But yeah, that Twitter user is clearly misinterpreting/overreacting to the Crystal dub being canceled (for now) in Portugal due to the censorship controversy going on there. If Toei were truly concerned over the series' LGBT content and potential censorship controversies, they would merely play down or omit the LGBT aspects from Dream and Stars rather than just cancel the series outright. Crystal is merely on hiatus for now until Toei has more time/money/people to devote to producing season 4. I see no cause for concern just yet. In fact, given all the shows Toei is producing right now, I'd be more concerned if season 4 WERE announced now as it would probably be a rush job and a mess. The Dream arc deserves better than that.

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Meanwhile, we can entertain ourselves with the new Cardcaptor Sakura anime, which allegedly comes out in January.

I'm already kind of more excited for this to be honest. I'll still watch any new episodes of Crystal that come out, but the new CCS anime already looks like it's going to be a lot better given they have all of the original staff and cast returning.

Meanwhile, we can entertain ourselves with the new Cardcaptor Sakura anime, which allegedly comes out in January.

I'm already kind of more excited for this to be honest. I'll still watch any new episodes of Crystal that come out, but the new CCS anime already looks like it's going to be a lot better given they have all of the original staff and cast returning.

And it's a sequel!

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